While we strive for a lively and vigorous debate of the issues, we do not tolerate name calling, foul language or other inappropriate behavior. Please see our discussion guidelines and terms of use for more information.

While we do our best to moderate comments, we do not screen comments before they are posted. If you see a comment that violates our guidelines, please use the "Report Abuse" link to notify us of the issue.

Actually, if he has another good season, people can be pretty sure he is doing it all clean, and that maybe the drugs he took didn't help out his production that much, if any at all. The fans will be back on his side before too long.

I would hope that Milwaukee fans would turn their back to the plate every time that Braun is up....and not bothering watching. Kinda like Braun turned his back on the urine collector and tried to destroy the man, all in trying to save himself. Ryan Braun = Lance Armstrong = nobody we should ever cheer for.

These posters never made a mistake. they have never lied to their employee about work they did or didn't do. They have never posted on JSO while at work. They have never told their spouse that they weren't flirting with that attractive person they were talking to, or that they have no idea where the scratch in the car came from. They have never told a police officer that they hadn't a single drink. Even, better, they have never forgiven a family member, friend or loved one for making a mistake or lying about it. What a wonderful life they must live. Oh, and they have never voted for a politician who told a lie.

Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone acts like an arrogant prima donna before, during, and after they get busted for it. He's just not that good of a dude. It takes a bit of the luster off being a fan knowing i have to pull for someone like this in order for my team to succeed, but that is my human condition to deal with. I can see why some people have no problem with him, as there are plenty of people just like him.

So, if he had just refused to have a press conference, nobody would have a problem with him now? Not everyone has microphones stuck in their faces after making a mistake. I'm not condoning any of what he did. He caught cheating and lying and he was punished for it. I honestly don't know one person [myself included] who during the course their adult life hasn't done something stupid and then tried to talk their way out of it. The difference is most of us haven't had a horde of reporters asking why we did what we did. As for there being plenty of people just like him, I would have to include myself. Anyone else?

Doesn't matter if its a horde of reporters or a spouse. If you lie until there is no other option than to finally tell the truth. then you are on that side of the fence. Like I said, there are plenty of people just like him.

So every time you have made a mistake you came forward and admitted it? You never made a mistake or lied one time and got away with it? If you ever flirted with a woman not your wife, you immediately told her you had been flirting? If you ever played hookey from work, you went right to your boss and told him? If you ever drank too much and then drove, your first stop was the police station to turn yourself in? Or is this only a rule if it's not you?

To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having denied a proposition by replacing it with a different proposition. For example, when discussing one's actions when getting caught doing something wrong, Homer Jay counters with discussion of immediately turning oneself in after doing something wrong. if you don't see the fallacy in your argument, then there is nothing more I can do to help you.

Holy cow! When did going on a drug regimen constitute a "mistake?" Getting handed a $20 bill when you should have gotten a $1 and walking out is a mistake. Putting together a program of drug use is not a "mistake." He didn't lie about it by accident. Braun did drugs to help himself as a lifestyle. It's not the same as trying pot once and deciding it's not for you. It's not the same as saying you left one assignment at home when you failed to do it at all. There is a huge difference between a "pattern of behavior" and a "mistake."

Yep, that is my opinion. That fact that he was taking 'roids or whatever - fine, a bunch of guys were doing it, and it helped Braun put up better numbers. But he was caught red-handed (ok, maybe not red HAND, but a different body part). He knew he was guilty - but instead went after the collector. A real man would have stood up and admitted his mistake then and taken the punishment. But he continued to blame others and say he was innocent - until he was completely cornered, and could not lie anymore. That is the part that I can't live with. He had his chance to come clean when he was caught but chose not to. And it saddens me that so many view that as appropriate behavior. Yes, the taking of steriods can be forgiven - what he did after he was caught speaks to the true character of the man. It would be like cheering for Lance Armstrong. Sorry, can't do it.

His arrogance has no boundaries, even today. If he knew he would eventually get caught he would not have thrown people under the bus and lied his donkey off. Fantastic. Maybe one day he will get it, but as of now he's just the same person who was buying drugs in Miami.

Does anyone believe that the local critics actually CARE about the urine transporter? He's long forgotten, one of many people who have lost their jobs due to incompetence. Braun is in the fabric of the team for a long while, so get a life and enjoy the rosy looking future of the Brewers, with, his bat and defense.

Well this is definitely the best option for HIM, no doubt about that. Move on people, this is in the past. He gave us all plenty of closure, right? The press is inadvertently giving him multiple chances to offer closure, but he keeps going down this path. The boos will only get louder on the road, becuase he is what he is.

Braun's best option would be to make a public apology stating EXACTLY what happened i.e. when did he take the drugs, did he take them knowingly, etc. Until than he is still a coward in my, and many fans, eyes.

Tulowitzki has averaged 120 games a year for his last 5 or 6 years. Best shortstop in baseball when he's healthy, but he's never healthy. Plus, would you rather have Braun, Segura, AND Gomez, an MVP and 2 all-stars last year, or have McCutchen or Tulowitzki. We made the right choice, no matter what Braun did or didn't do because of the way it sets the rest of the roster up.

>>>There's no blueprint that this is how you deal with these things or handle the situation.<<<

Actually, Ryan, there is a blueprint. Here it is:

1. Don't take any banned substances.2. If you are taking banned substances, stop immediately.3. If you get busted for taking banned substances, tell the truth immediately and take responsibility for your actions.4. Teling the truth at all times prevents or reduces the negative consequences that will come.

Stay up to date on the Milwaukee Brewers wherever you are with "Milwaukee Baseball," the Journal Sentinel's mobile site for smartphones. Also available in both the Apple and Google Play app stores. Just search "Journal Sentinel baseball."Read more